It is likely that your experience growing up was very different in many ways from that of Niyomugaba Jean Labert.
Niyo grew up in the village of Sunzu in the north of Rwanda, born just a few years after that terror which is all too often associated with Rwanda. Since that event, and all during Niyo’s years, Rwandans have been heroically rebuilding their society and country, moving past fear and hate, embracing forgiveness and reconciliation.
Such things were not on the top of the mind of Niyo as a young boy. Growing up on the high bluff between two valleys and overlooking beautiful lake Burera his concerns were fetching clean water for the family, working the fields and school. With a quick wit, agile mind and acumen for English he made friends of visitors from faraway lands. One of those visitors gave him a tee shirt from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and the seed of a dream began to sprout.
Years of diligent effort led to Niyo arrival in Fort Worth, now a student at that very school. His first year he entered the intensive English program and this coming school year is looking forward to being a Freshman. Ever desirous of helping others, Niyo has started a blog site to help those who are traveling from far away countries to study in the United States.
Give his web site https://niyomugaba.com/ a look. And leave him a message to let him know what you think.